The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 63
... oceanic expansion was no longer merely an affair for merchants and projectors , it reckoned as a prime factor in high policy . For some time Dutch and English merchants had been planning to win a share in the gains to be derived from ...
... oceanic expansion was no longer merely an affair for merchants and projectors , it reckoned as a prime factor in high policy . For some time Dutch and English merchants had been planning to win a share in the gains to be derived from ...
Page 127
... oceanic phase — a change akin to that which re- placed privateering by commerce , the mother of empire . As might be expected from their limited land base , small population and oligarchic town government , Dutch efforts were narrowly ...
... oceanic phase — a change akin to that which re- placed privateering by commerce , the mother of empire . As might be expected from their limited land base , small population and oligarchic town government , Dutch efforts were narrowly ...
Page 225
... oceanic wealth was impracticable , Cromwell was nevertheless determined to advance the Protestant interest in Europe and to use for that purpose the land and sea power which had fallen into his hands . This gives a unity to his foreign ...
... oceanic wealth was impracticable , Cromwell was nevertheless determined to advance the Protestant interest in Europe and to use for that purpose the land and sea power which had fallen into his hands . This gives a unity to his foreign ...
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